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This year, I'll be heading to one of my favourite Caribbean islands, Dominica (多米尼加), to experience Mas Domnik for the first time. One of the great things about Carnival is that you not only get to attend so many events, but you also get to admire the beauty of the location. Weaving⑱ through Dominica—aptly⑲ called Nature Island thanks to its teeming⑳ marine㉑ life, cloaked㉒ rain forests, bubbling hot springs, and black-sand beaches—will be no exception. I'll play
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①carnival n. 狂欢节
②transport v. 使产生身临其境的感觉
③powder n. 粉末
④splash n. 飞溅;溅落
⑤infinitude n. 无限;无穷
⑥buoy v. 鼓舞;鼓励;使振奋
⑦deliberate adj. 从容不迫的
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⑧rebellion n. 反叛;不服从
⑨masquerade balls 化妆舞会
⑩colonizer n. 殖民者
⑪commercialization n. 商业化
⑫derive from 源于
⑬combine v. 结合
⑭be immersed in 沉浸于
⑮spellbinding adj. 迷人的;引人入胜的
⑯symphony n. 交响乐
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⑰ingenuity n. 才智
⑱weave v. 迂回行进
⑲aptly adv. 恰当地;适宜地
⑳teeming adj. 大量的;丰富的
㉑marine adj. 海洋的
㉒cloak v. 遮盖,遮蔽
㉓renovate v. 翻新
㉔retreat n. 隐居处
㉕a handful of 少量的;一小部分;一把
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completely
experiencing
a
who
in
rising
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to be immersed
whose
events
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1.anticipation n. A.that you can touch and feel
2.tangible adj. B.to make sth. using special skills,especially
with your hands
3.preserve v. C.attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way
4.craft v. D.a feeling of excitement about sth. that is going
to happen
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5.spark v. E.to keep sth. in its original state in good
condition
6.quaint adj. F.to cause sth. to start or develop,especially
suddenly
答案:1~5.DAEBF 6.C
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Have you ever experienced any festival celebration in China? Please describe one.
One possible version:
I participate in the Lantern Festival Celebration on every 15th day of the first lunar month. In the daytime, performances such as dragon lantern dances, lion dances, land boat performances and the
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Yangge are staged. At night, apart from magnificent lantern shows, firework show is another beautiful scene. There are also activities, including lantern riddle guessing and a variety of cultural performances. It's a wonderful opportunity to experience traditional Chinese culture and festivities.
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I've Been to Almost Every Caribbean Carnival①
Adapted from Travel+Leisure 202401
Every year around this time, I get a steady eq \a\vs4\al(anticipation) —an excitement so eq \a\vs4\al(tangible) that I can close my eyes and instantly be transported② to electric moments in Trinidad (特立尼达拉岛), Barbados (巴巴多斯), Grenada (格林纳达), Anguilla (安圭拉岛), and all the way over the pond to Notting Hill. Covered in paint, powder③, sweat, and
splashes④ of rum wine, I've gotten the closest I'll ever get to completely letting go at Carnival celebrations in the Caribbean. I looked into crowds and found that I'm not the only one experiencing this infinitude⑤ of joy, buoyed⑥ by music, dancing, and chants—and I've learned this sense of freedom is deliberate⑦, having been passed on and eq \a\vs4\al(preserved) for nearly 200 years.
Carnival in the Caribbean is a long-standing tradition rooted in Black rebellion⑧. In 18th-century Trinidad, enslaved Africans who were not allowed to participate in the masquerade balls⑨ by European colonizers⑩ created their own celebrations. Centuries later, my hope is that the importance of these traditions is not lost in the rising commercialization⑪ of Carnival. Caribbean people have always proudly eq \a\vs4\al(crafted) costumes, attended lively music and colour-filled costume competitions, and produced the sounds of soca (索卡乐)—the soundtrack of Carnival derived from⑫ calypso (卡利普索民歌) that combines⑬ East Indian and African instrumentation.
I've been lucky enough to be immersed in⑭ these traditions for more than a decade now. The spellbinding⑮ glow of the Jab Jab's painted Black skin in Grenada; the symphony⑯ of feathers crisscrossing down Port of Spain in Trinidad on Carnival Tuesday; the crowning of the Pic-O-De-Crop Monarch in Barbados, a competition showcasing the island's best calypso musicians. These connective fibers have brought me back to the Caribbean to be free and honor the legacy of a people whose ingenuity⑰ has eq \a\vs4\al(sparked) Carnival celebrations in countries as far as Japan and Sweden.
with the popular band Amnesia, set my alarm clock early for J'ouvert celebrations. I'll have dinner in the eq \a\vs4\al(quaint) courtyard of Lacou, where the fruit marlin fish and rum punch (朗姆潘趣酒) offer the perfect pairing. And I'll check into the newly renovated㉓ Fort Young Hotel and celebrated cliffside retreat㉔, Secret Bay, voted by Travel+Leisure readers as their favourite Caribbean hotel.
There are a handful of㉕ other Carnivals I still want to experience, like St. Lucia. And I'm always ready to join the celebrations.
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